I am old enough that as a kid, there were still people around in my time that had lived through the indian wars, prestatehood.
My father always thought gunsmoke was funny, standing someone down in the street. His comment was ambush was much better, so was a shotgun.
Later, when I became a popo, my firearms instructor was old school.
He always said the majority of the battle was mental, realizing if blood was to be shed, you were most likely to get hurt. But the winner would be the one that could place shots accurately under pressure, and maintain mental control. Still believe that to this day.
It's interesting to talk about this stuff, but the poolice on here that have had to drawn down on somebody and look in their eyes and consider blowing them to eternity in about a half seconds time know what I mean.
